Chapter 1. Exploring Microsoft Dynamics NAV – An Introduction

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that is specifically made for growing small to mid-sized companies.

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This is, at least, what Microsoft's marketing department says. In reality, Dynamics NAV is being used by large and publically-traded companies as well around the world.

An ERP is a software that integrates the internal and external management information across an entire organization. The purpose of an ERP is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of organizations. An ERP system is meant to handle all the functional areas within an organization on a single software system. This way, the output ...

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